The Lady in the Palazzo: At Home in Umbria
by Marlena de Blasi
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- Hardcover
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- 1565124731
- ISBN 13
- 9781565124738
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Synopsis
Marlena di Blasi seduced readers to fall in love with Venice, then Tuscany, with her popular and critically acclaimed books A Thousand Days in Venice and A Thousand Days in Tuscany. Now she takes readers on a journey into the heart of Orvieto, an ancient city in the less-trodden region of Umbria. Rich with history and a vivid sense of place, her tale is by turns romantic and sensual, joyous and celebratory, as she and her husband search for a home in this city on a hill—finding one that turns out to be the former ballroom of a dilapidated sixteenth-century palazzo. Along the way, de Blasi befriends an array of colorful characters, including cooks and counts and shepherds and a lone violinist, cooking her way into the hearts of her Umbrian neighbors.Brimming with life and kissed by romance, The Lady in the Palazzo perfectly captures the essence of a singular place and offers up a feast—and the recipes to prepare it!—for readers of all stripes.
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- Ergodebooks (US)
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- Title
- The Lady in the Palazzo: At Home in Umbria
- Author
- Marlena de Blasi
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used:Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1565124731
- ISBN 13
- 9781565124738
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books
- Place of Publication
- Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2006-12-21
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